Undefeated Rocky Marciano Eyes Comeback for 1 Million
The article reports Rocky Marciano planning a retirement comeback with a 20 year, 1 million dollar deal spread as 50 000 per year. It also mentions associates and rumored plans involving Johans son and V Marsillo as a guide, plus scattered entertainment gossip and industry notes.
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Rocky Marciano
Pals
Johansson
V. Marsillo
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Roberto Salas Hernandez
Castro
Downey
Times Square
Fidel
Batista
Jimmy Ritz
Ritz Freres
W. A. Sutherland Jr
U. S
Independence
Dorothy Cooke
Norfolk
Champ Johansson
Stockholm
Jimmy Ryan
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Towboats End Strike As Major Lines Reach New Contracts
In St Louis AP report, three unions NMU Masters Mates and Pilots and Marine Engineers ratified three year contracts with Federal Union Mississippi Valley barge lines. American Commercial to resume talks next week. Wages up $30-$35 a month plus 9 cents an hour for deckhands and Easter holiday plus fringe benefits.
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ST. Louis
National Maritime
Federal
Union
Mississippi Valley
American Commercial
NMU
Seawell Refuses Apology Over Oil Industry Critique
North Carolina Attorney General Malcolm B. Seawell says he will not apologize to F. W. Daniel of Amoco after Daniel challenged Seawell’s remarks about oil firms trading among themselves. Seawell cites public records with the Revenue Department and notes Amoco bought and sold large gasoline volumes with Gulf Oil Crown Central and Socony. He hints possible court action under fair trade laws against major oil companies.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Malcolm B. Seawell
Revenue Department
F. W. Daniel
Amoco
Daniel
Seawell
American
Gulf Oil Co
Crown Central Petroleum Co
Socony Oil Co
American Oil Co
Red China Fires At Quemoy Islands In Night Assault
Chinese Communist guns opened fire on the Quemoy Islands Tuesday night, then fell silent for a cease fire observed on even numbered days. The bombardment was the second highest of the month, following 1235 hits on October 9.
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Red China
Quemoy Islands
Taipei
Formosa
Flue-Cured Leaf Prices Fall Across Major Belt Markets
The Associated Press reports declines in flue cured tobacco prices Tuesday across the North Carolina Virginia Old Belt and North Carolina Middle Belt, with stability on the Eastern Belt. Old Belt losses ranged $1 to $4 with few up $1 to $2, while Virginia and North Carolina totals and averages are given for the period. Middle Belt prices fell $1 to $5 as Monday’s totals show volume and average changes. Eastern Belt shows a drop of 54 cents from Friday despite Monday’s sales.
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North Carolina-Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Smithfield
Welfare Cut Probe Urged by North Carolina Rep Kennedy
State Rep. John R. Kennedy Jr. of Charlotte urged Gov. Hodges to form a study committee to investigate the impact of a five percent welfare payment cut. He described visiting 2,800 affected recipients with Mecklenburg County workers, including an elderly couple relying entirely on welfare.
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Charlotte
John R. Kennedy Jr
Hodges
Mecklenburg County
Kennedy
Sane
Rockefeller Eyes 1960 Run After Eisenhower Meeting
Washington AP report says Governor Nelson Rockefeller may decide soon whether to run against Vice President Nixon for the 1960 Republican nomination. A talks with President Eisenhower on civil defense is scheduled, while Rockefeller’s TV call for resumed underground nuclear tests has sparked White House debate and a possible policy split with Nixon. Hagerty stressed the Eisenhower era topic will be civil defense, not politics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rocke
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
Geneva
White House
James C. Hagerty
Two Durham Women Die From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Durham coroner Dr. R A Horton says toxicology will likely confirm carbon monoxide poisoning from a defective flue as the cause of death for Mrs Gertrude Bowles Gattis 67 and Miss Emma Tholen 61. Autopsies were performed Tuesday after they were found dead in separate rooms of the Gattis home.
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Durham
R. A. Horton
Durham County
Gertrude Bowles Gattis
Emma Tholen
Gat'tis
U S Steel Chief Rejects Kaiser Style Peace Pact
U S Steel chairman Roger Blough rejected any settlement like Kaiser’s, citing a prohibitive 324 cent per hour cost. He noted Kaiser and Detroit Steel contracts shift leverage but warned of high expenses for U S Steel. Third quarter saw a $31.1 million loss, while nine month earnings reached $223.8 million. Dividend of 75 cents declared payable Dec. 10.
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NEW York
Roger Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Kaiser Steel Corp
Blough
U. S. Steel
Kaiser Steel
Ing
United Steelworkers Union
Detroit Steel Corp
Detroit Steel
Kaiser
U.S. Steel
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Taft-Hartley
Steelworkers Union
Taft- Hartley
R. L. Harris Dies After Long Illness
R L Harris 69 Er Roxboro cotton mill executive and political leader dies after long illness. Harris served as lieutenant governor and House speaker, chaired Roxboro Cotton Mills and state Board of Education, and was a delegate to three Democratic conventions. Survivors include wife Katherine Long and six children.
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Roxboro
N.C
Reginald Lee Harris
Amily
Harris
Roxboro Cotton Mills and
Peoiley
Melville Broughton
House of Representatives
State Board of Education
Katherine Long
Soviets set up A projects quickly say U S experts
AP reports Chairman John A McCone of the Atomic Energy Commission after a six day tour of Soviet civilian atomic installations says the Soviets moved an atomic project in four months and an American industry expert group estimates Britain would take two years. McCone contrasts U S lead times with Soviet speed and urges faster approval processes. He cites U S advances in nuclear power controlled thermonuclear fusion and high energy physics as areas where the United States is ahead.
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Washington
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
McCone
U.S
Leningrad
United States
Ameriican Atomic
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